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I think Lombardi's is really overrated and much too expensive. The cheese is rubbery, there's never enough sauce and either the crust is too soggy or just dry and chewy beyond belief. But my office has been ordering from there for years so i deal with it (trying desperately to hold my native New Yorker pizza eating tongue back).

Their one saving grace: the spinach and ricotta pie.

looks nearly identical to columbine's malibu veg - though the malibu doesn't have avocado and the star of the sandwich are the thick slices of cheddar. either way both are delicious!

i went to school in upstate new york - rochester to be exact.... what about abbott's frozen custard? mmmm!

i spent a month in copenhagen for work and brought back a caraway-infused bottle for myself. the moment i took it out of the bag, the 2 danish guys sitting on my couch simultaneously said "eeuuughhhhh!!!!" and made the same disgusted face. they then proceeded to tell me that it's an old man grandpa drink that is traditionally served at christmas time.

i spent 4 years in upstate new york for school. bonnie's wings are the real deal - the owner is from buffalo.

i remember when i first saw these, i didn't think anything of it... ok choco cake like thing with sweet white icing. meh. then i tried it..... WOW. tastes soooo deliciously homemade, really really amazing. today they had ina's coconut cupcake - also really freakin good and usually sells out quickly.

i tried one of these with "everything" while i was working in copenhagen. as far as street food goes, their shawarma is way better! as a true new yorker i prefer dirty water dogs!

junior's strawberry cheesecake all the way. yes, i did grow up eating it, and yes i have tried several others. my heart and stomach will always go back to junior's - from downtown brooklyn and nowhere else!!

that is really horrifying. we have a cimbali in my office and when you unscrew the steamer cap, there is plenty of residue milk crust in there because sure you wipe off the exterior, but stuff still gets all up in the nooks and crannies of the screw threads... i can't imagine doing that with eggs... seems very unsanitary.

this makes my heart beat with such pride.

i think the problem a lot of people have with "nasty bits" are the functions of the bits more than the texture...

i ate like this every day for 2 weeks on vacation in the dutch antilles.... the dutch have amaaaazing bacon!

i've been to new york hot dog and coffee, tried a standard beef dog with kraut, mustard, and ketchup. kind of flavorless... guess you'd go for the toppings.. but then, why not just eat a bulgogi sandwich?